Cultivator



(No ModeL) J. JONES.

GULTIVATOR.

No. 304,733. Patented Sept. 9, 1884.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT @Erice JAMEs JONES, OE MALVERN, IOWA.

lCULTIVATOR SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 304,733, dated September 9, 1884.

l Application tiled December 24, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom/it may concern.-

Bc it known that I, JAMES JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malvern, in the county of Mills and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Corn-Gultivator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corn-cultivators drawn by two horses, with two wheels operating upon an axle having attaohed thereto two beams (wood or iron) operating independently of cach other, and each beam having two Shanks, to each of which is attached a shovel. The object of my invention is to enable thc operator to lengthen and shorten the beams and to adjust the shovels for depth at pleasure. I attain these objects in iron beams by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawings, Figure I, which is a view of theiron beam with handle, Shanks, and shovels attached, in which letter A represents one portion of the beam, having welded or bolted thereinan adj usting-plate, B, letter E being the other portion of the beam, with a slot the whole length, in which the adjustingplate B may be fastened, as desired, horizontally or perpendicularly; and I attain these objects in Wooden beams by the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of accompanying drawings, Fig. 2 being a view of the wooden beam with handle, Shanks, and shovels complete, in which letter A represents one portion of the beam, letter B the other, and letter D the adj Listing-block, Fig. 3 being a sectional view of two parts of the beam A and B, having the adjusting-block D in the middle instead of on top, as in Fig. 2.

In constructing an iron beam, Fig. I, I make the part shown as letter A by taking a bar of iron of desired size-say one anda half by half inchand of sufficient length to double the length of beam desired, as in letter A-say ten to twelve inohes-and also to make the shanks for plows, and .by welding therein where doubled the adj usting-plate B, of suitable heightsay live to six inches-and having a shank-extension to hold handle at F, the adjustingplate B having therein bolt-holes c, to correspond with bolt-holesf in E, the part of beam E being constructed by using a barof iron of size same as before, and of desired length-say four feet-and bending it in the middle until the two ends come near enough together to leave the Space between of size only to fit the adj usting-plate B, the space at ends being open, the part of beam E having therein boltholes f, with bolts D to correspond with boltholes c in B. In operating, the beam is made long or short and plo'ws set deep or shallow by shifting and adjusting beam E on the adjusting-plate B.

In constructing a wooden beam, Figs. 2 and 3, I use timber of same size as heretofore, and make the part A about three feet long, with perpendicular bolt-holes c, and the part B about two feet long. with perpendicular boltholes d, and by adding a block, D, (of desired thickness and) of same width between as in Fig. 3, to deepen plows with corresponding bolt-holes. In operating, the beam is made long or short by adjusting the part of beam B to A by changing the bolts in B, and the plows are made to run deeper by inserting block D between A and B, as in Fig. 3, and shallower by carrying block D on top, as in Fig. 2. The front end of beams is fastened to axle in any manner to suit.

Vhat I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a wheelcultivator, the sectional dragbars made vertically and longitudinally adjustable one section upon the other, and consisting of the forward Section, B, with vertical slot or opening and with a series of boltholes, in combination with the rear section, A, having plate or block C, and provided with adjusting bolt-holes and bolts, substantially as set forth.

JAMES JONES.

Witnesses:

W. M. DIMIUTH, H. C. WATKINS. 

